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Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl 60?

  • New England Patriots

    Votes: 11 22.0%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 25 50.0%

  • Team State Farm

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • The Meteor

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
Elwood P. Dowd said:
Any of you nigggaz know where I can find a copy of the video of Stefon Diggs surrounded by bitches on a yacht flashing around some weird pink drug? ESPN is being passive aggressive about the whole thing in its reporting, talking about it, but not showing it. 🤷‍♂️

Coach Mike Vrabel says Patriots aware of Stefon Diggs video



Edit: NVM. Lame and gay. Also...fat. Both Diggs and the chicks. Given the moral panic, I figured he was snorting it out of their navels or something else amusing. Must be a slow news cycle.

diggs.mp4
Dunno why my google-fu failed me the first time I went looking. It is literally all over Twiter.
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the fat bitch with no tits grabbed that shit so forcefully lol she fiendin
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
Any of you nigggaz know where I can find a copy of the video of Stefon Diggs surrounded by bitches on a yacht flashing around some weird pink drug? ESPN is being passive aggressive about the whole thing in its reporting, talking about it, but not showing it. 🤷‍♂️

Coach Mike Vrabel says Patriots aware of Stefon Diggs video



Edit: NVM. Lame and gay. Also...fat. Both Diggs and the chicks. Given the moral panic, I figured he was snorting it out of their navels or something else amusing. Must be a slow news cycle.

diggs.mp4
Dunno why my google-fu failed me the first time I went looking. It is literally all over Twiter.
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The WR1 action
 
3/32 NFL teams are gay this year.
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HackerX said:
Somehow I'm not shocked the Vikings did it as they are complete fags. I'm disappointed the Lions did though since I'm fond of Dan Campbell, but I'd imagine it's moreso an ownership decision than coaching decision. Thank God Green Bay isn't homosexual though.
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The Packers are faggots for completely different reasons.
 
HackerX said:
Somehow I'm not shocked the Vikings did it as they are complete fags. I'm disappointed the Lions did though since I'm fond of Dan Campbell, but I'd imagine it's moreso an ownership decision than coaching decision. Thank God Green Bay isn't homosexual though.
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In fairness it's 100% just a business decision, that's ALL pride month really is about, selling overpriced bullshit with a rainbow slapped on to make a little coin, it isn't a reflection of how much they love fudgepacking, more so how cynical and mercantile they are, which is worse in my mind.
 
Drama Fan said:
3/32 NFL teams are gay this year.
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The sheer fact that the Seahawks haven't is a sign that one should probably wait until business closes tomorrow to make the call as to who rainbow'd their logo.
blahblahblah678 said:
The Packers are faggots for completely different reasons.
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*Thick La Crosse Accent* "I tooold ya tree times now Reggie, dey named it for a meat packin' company, not fudge packin'!"
 
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Alright Ive finally stopped weeping to give my thoughts on the retirement of the All-Pro Center for the Detroit lions, Frank Ragnow's retirement. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Thank god we drafted Tate Ratledge. I knew Frank was thinking about retirement last year but I figured he'd be able to stick it out until the Lions won the Superbowl. If his career weren't so short he would be a first ballot Hall of Famer for sure.
 
Trombonista said:
I learned about Ragnow's retirement from Tom Grossi:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OJQ2k8dNcz0
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I mean, guys fucking fast at getting videos out after NFL news breaks.

It's basically the only reason I'm subbed to him - much quicker than you'd think just to check Grossi than have to check Sports websites, solely off of less ads having to load.
 
tld;dr - Boring talk about cash over cap. The Eagles charge the credit card as soon as they can with significant guaranteed money to keep the purchase price down. They trust the spending limit on the card is going to go up before the bill comes due. Goodell is asshurt over it.

Goodell's comments on the cap are bit old and won't come to fruition for a while, but I didn't see any discussion about them. After failing to stop the Brotherly Shove, lol get rekt fagit, he's now set his sights on so called "void years" during the next CBA negotiation specifically calling out the Eagles for the way they structure their contracts. I am by no means a cap nerd, but I've tried to understand it better these past couple seasons. Cap manipulation being discussed more often was the driving force. I found out the discussion is very dumbed down and often only tells part of the story.

So, how can the Eagles do what they're doing? The credit card is going to come due! Look at the Saints! While everyone has been talking about The Cap, very few are talking about The Cash and it's more important to the way the Eagles do business. The first big reason the Eagles can operate the way they do is they're drafting top talent on defense and are able to keep that side of the ball cheap for now. The second is they have an owner who is willing to spend cash and spend it early to get guys locked up.

Jeffery Lurie spends that cash by Howie structuring big contracts and extensions through signing bonuses and option bonuses. There are many ways NFL contracts get paid out (ie base salary, incentives, roster bonus, etc), the trick with signing bonuses and option bonuses is that their cap hit can be amortized over the length of the contract (up to five years) which includes "void years". They're years in which some portion of those bonuses are being still counting against the salary cap without new money getting paid out.

Not every owner is willing or able to do that. Does it go against their business philosophy? Are they a poor billionaire without the fluid cash to do it? Do they trust their evaluations in that the player is going to be to perform the length of the contract? Are they just cheap fucks? There is a reason why Lurie sold an 8% share of the team for $650M and it isn't just to cover the estate tax when he croaks.

The thing about the credit card analogy most talking heads don't get into is that the spending limit on that credit card is always going up, baring covid and even then the rebound in 2022 was huge. The Eagles charge the credit card as soon as they can with significant guaranteed money to keep the purchase price down. They trust the spending limit on the card is going to go up before the bill comes due.

There is a reason why all these big Eagles contracts go out to 2029. The NFL has an out to renegotiate their media rights deal in 2028. It's going to be even more astronomical than the last one. The estimated the cap increase for the 2029 season is as high as 30%. The Eagles roster isn't just Howie Roseman cap wizardry. It's the culmination of an organization philosophy which takes multiple departments in the front office as well as the players on the field to succeed.
 
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